Stripe
Staff Software Engineer, Payments Intelligence
Seattle, New York, San Francisco +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 4, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, New York, San Francisco
US - Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years of experience in a strategic technical leadership role.
About the job
Leads technical strategy and hands-on engineering across Stripe’s Payment Intelligence products, building reliable payment-focused software and partnering with merchants and cross-functional teams.
What you'll do
- Define technical strategy and quality and performance standards across multiple products.
- Partner with major merchants and product, design, and ML teams to build and ship software.
- Contribute across infrastructure, foundational systems, frontend, APIs, and ML-adjacent work.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in a strategic technical leadership role.
- Experience leading engineering teams working on distributed systems, API design, and user-facing products.
- Track record of delivering pragmatic solutions that accelerate business growth.
- Ability to lead projects, contribute hands-on, and communicate effectively across teams and functions.
Nice to have
- Experience with payment systems and/or fraud detection.
- Familiarity with production ML systems, or prior experience building products from 0 to 1.
Tools
Java, Ruby, Python, TypeScript, Kafka, Flyte, Airflow, Mongo
AI focus
Works with ML teams and models on AI-first payment intelligence products, including fraud and abuse detection, payment optimization, disputes, authentication, and merchant analytics.
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